Arizona Independent (sic) Redistricting Commission Brazenly Hijacked By Partisan Republicans

Voters across the country have enacted Independent Redistricting Commissions as a good government reform to take partisan gerrymandering (in which politicians select their own voters to create “safe” districts) out of the redistricting process, hoping that a nonpartisan commission would produce competitive districts so that voting actually matters. It was a good concept, but it hasn’t … Read more

Pima County Reinstates Mask Mandate for Omicron Surge, as Gov. Doug Ducey Impotently Flails in Opposition

The Omicron variant has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday. Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID cases: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a … Read more